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Stay away, stay away. "Jupiter Ascending" is a botched exercise in computer-rendered lizard men, ridiculous levitation boots and dramatic inertia. While it's long on explosions, it lacks the best special effect of all, a solid story. It was written and directed by the Wachowski siblings, who earned our respect long ago with "The Matrix" but have become synonymous with failure ever since. If their new project is not the worst film in the galaxy, it is a formidable front-runner in the race. Delivering zero prestige to Warner Bros, despite a budget around $175 million, this offensively uninteresting project proves that science fiction is a genre dying out. Once a...

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Stay away, stay away. "Jupiter Ascending" is a botched exercise in computer-rendered lizard men, ridiculous levitation boots and dramatic inertia. While it's long on explosions, it lacks the best special effect of all, a solid story. It...

He has solved cases as Sherlock Holmes, been exiled as Julian Assange and saved Britain from the Nazis as Alan Turing, but British actor Benedict Cumberbatch is not done playing the hero as Marvel announced Thursday he will star as Doctor Strange.Marvel's...

The "year of the Bible movie" continues apace with the unveiling of the first trailer for "Exodus: Gods and Kings," Ridley Scott's epic take on the Old Testament story of Moses leading his people to freedom from their ancient...

When filmmaker Darren Aronofsky started scouting locations for his biblical flood epic, "Noah," he had two potentially competing needs.
The landscapes on which he would shoot exteriors needed at first to look like an uninhabitable wasteland,...

Iceland is trendy these days. Its powerful loneliness and mighty features can be ideal for exotic film locations — so parts of "Game of Thrones," "Batman Begins," "Prometheus," and the upcoming "Noah" were filmed...

Prometheus has long been a symbol of the rebel hero, a revolutionary challenging an oppressive order. Dubbed "the patron saint of the proletariat," he is a god who sided with mankind against the immortals, bestowing on them enlightenment and the...

This movie season, Michael Fassbender keeps getting lectured on the ways of the world. By an unlikely teacher.
The German-born, Ireland-raised actor plays cruel plantation owner Epps in the period drama "12 Years a Slave," in which Brad Pitt,...

In "47 Ronin," Keanu Reeves portrays the leader of a band of ronin — masterless samurai in 18th-century Japan who must suffer the indignity of having no one to lead them in battle. Turns out that plot line provides an apt metaphor for the period...

A planned collaboration between Ridley Scott's production company and Machinima to bring science fiction film shorts to the popular YouTube channel has fizzled.
RSA Films announced this spring that it would produce 12 short films for Machinima, in...

British actor Idris Elba is having what he describes as a "beautiful moment" in his career. His off-screen life, though, is another story.
This summer, Elba starred in Guillermo del Toro's special-effects action thriller "Pacific...

Ben Affleck's film "Argo" took the best picture Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards. Other marquee winners were Daniel Day-Lewis for lead actor for “Lincoln,” Jennifer Lawrence for lead actress for “Silver Linings Playbook,” and Ang Lee for...

Two new 3-D films each debuted with $50 million or more at the box office this weekend, jumpstarting ticket sales at the multiplex after weeks of lackluster business.The weekend's winner was the animated "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most...

It was a highly animated weekend at the box office, as moviegoers spent more than $85 million to see both "Brave" and "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted."
"Brave" is the 13th film from Pixar Animation to open...

"Magic Mike" was stripped of the top spot at the box office by a debaucherous teddy bear, as "Ted" dominated ticket sales at the multiplex this weekend."Ted," an R-rated raunchfest from "Family Guy"...

In space, no one can hear you scream — but everyone can hear the classical music loud and clear.Science-fiction movies have had a long affinity for classical music, and the relationship is a fascinating and complex one. In...